RE: DPDK release candidate 25.11-rc2

["Xu, HailinX" <hailinx.xu@intel.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2025 5:54 AM
> To: announce@dpdk.org
> Subject: DPDK release candidate 25.11-rc2
> 
> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
> 	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v25.11-rc2
> 
> There are 254 new patches in this snapshot.
> 
> Release notes:
> 	https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_25_11.html
> 
> There are many fixes and new drivers features.
> 
> Please test and report issues on bugs.dpdk.org.
> 
> The next release candidate (-rc3) is planned for the next Monday (September
> 17) and should be dedicated mainly to fixes.
> Patches to improve tooling, examples and documentation are welcome.
> 
> Thank you everyone
> 
Update the test status for Intel part. dpdk25.11-rc2 all validation test done. found one new issue.

New issue:
  1. pmdrssreta/pmdrss_reta: rx queue does not match the RSS reta list          -> Intel dev is under investigating

* Build & CFLAG compile: cover the build test with latest GCC/Clang version on the following OS(all passed)
  - Ubuntu25.04/Ubuntu24.04.3
  - RHEL9.6/RHEL10
  - Fedora42
  - FreeBSD14.3
  - SUSE15.6
  - OpenAnolis8.10
  - OpenEuler24.04-SP2
  - AzureLinux3.0

* Function tests: All test done and found one issue.
  - ICE-(E810, E825, E830, E2100) PF/VF: test scenarios including basic/RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/mac_filter/VLAN/VXLAN/RSS/Switch/Package Management/Flow Director/Advanced Tx/Advanced RSS/ACL/DCF/Flexible Descriptor, etc.
  - i40E-(XXV710, X722) PF/VF: test scenarios including basic/RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/mac_filter/VLAN/VXLAN/RSS, etc. 
  - IXGBE-(E610) PF/VF: test scenarios including basic/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/mac_filter/VLAN/VXLAN/RSS, etc. 
  - IGC-(i226) PF: test scenarios including basic/RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/mac_filter/VLAN/VXLAN/RSS, etc.
  - IGB-(i350) PF: test scenarios including basic/RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/mac_filter/VLAN/VXLAN/RSS, etc.
  - IPsec: test scenarios including ipsec/ipsec-gw/ipsec library basic test - QAT&SW/FIB library, etc.
  - Virtio: both function and performance test are covered. Such as PVP/Virtio_loopback/virtio-user loopback/virtio-net VM2VM perf testing/VMAWARE ESXI 9.0, etc.
  - Cryptodev: test scenarios including Cryptodev API testing/CompressDev ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
  - DLB: test scenarios including DLB2.0 and DLB2.5
  - Other: test scenarios including AF_XDP, Power, CBDMA, DSA

* Performance test: All test done and passed
  - Thoughput Performance
  - Cryptodev Latency
  - PF/VF NIC single core
  - XXV710/E810/E2100 NIC Performance


Regards,
Xu, Hailin